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| A Primer for Participatory Grantmaking | This article provides an overview of some of the key definitions and models in participatory grantmaking, it covers the history of participatory grantmaking, how to get started, who the participants can be, and the various models being used in philanthropy today. | History, Getting Started, Models, Best Practices | Kelley Buhles | 2021 |
| Practical Ideas For Participatory Grantmaking | This resource aims toaddress the practicalities of implementing participatory grantmaking (PGM) with place-based funders. | Operations | Camden Giving, London's Giving & London Funders | 2021 |
| Governance Analysis for Participatory Grantmaking and Funder Collaboratives | This report offers 10 examples of how participatory grantmaking works within funder collaboratives, with a focus on governance. | Governance | Heather Wooten, Samantha Graff & Christine Fry | 2021 |
| Webinar on Participatory Grantmaking 101 | A video recording of the first in a series of webinars on participatory grantmaking, which addresses participatory grantmaking basics. | Basics | Hannah Paterson | 2021 |
| Truly Shifting Philanthropy's Power Dynamics Requires New Structures for Giving | This article describes three approaches for shifting power in philanthropy: flow funding, shared gifting, and community-led grantmaking. The article shares several examples of funders working with each model. | Models, Flow Funding, Shared Gifting Community-led Funds | Donna Daniels & Kelley Buhles | 2020 |
| Why Participatory Philanthropy Is Essential To Progress | Brief article focused on participatory grantmaking from the perspective of donors and philanthropy advisors. | Fundraising | Emily Collins-Ellis | 2020 |
| How to Redistribute Power between grantmakers and charities | Reflections from 10 years of practicing participatory grantmaking | Report | Kelley Buhles | 2019 |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking | For practitioners starting out with participatory grantmaking or looking to refine their own participatory processes, understanding the minutia how other foundations approach this work can be invaluable. | Community | Grantcraft | 2018 |
| Let the Movement Decide | This detailed report examines FRIDA's particiaptory grantmaking experiences over five years. | women's rights, rapid prototyping, peer review, women & girls | FRIDA | 2015 |
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| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: Disability Rights Fund | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | Disability Rights | GrantCraft by Candid | 2021 |
| Hewlett Foundation OE DEI Grants Report | This report from Hewlett discussed their participatory approach to their OE-DEI grants on Page 18. | Grantcraft | 2021 | |
| Step Up Step Back Reimagining Non Competitive Grantmaking in Community | This report follows the journey of the Equality Fund to reimagine traditional competitive grantmaking models. It covers the lessons behind this journey. It details the process and co-development of Step Up/Step Back, shares the experiences of the funds that participated, and discusses some of the points of tension that arose in the process. | Women, Feminist Fund | Equality Fund | 2021 |
| Model City Bringing Sports Power People | This article tells the story of the Model City program. | Sports | Lee Parker | 2020 |
| Themes from our Participatory Grantmaking in the Arts | This article describes MacArthur's experience implementing participatory grantamking in their Culture, Equity, and the Arts program. | Arts, | MacArthur Foundation | 2020 |
| Participatory Grantmaking During COVID-19 | This is detailed report on Camden Giving's approach to participatory grantmaking during the COVID-19 pandemic. | Covid- 19 | Camden Giving | 2020 |
| Arctic Indigenous Fund Transforms Philanthropy's Power Dynamics | An interview with the Arctic Indigenous Fund, an Indigneous led participatory grantmaking program | Indigneous | Kelley Buhles | 2020 |
| Winston-Salem Foundation Awards Grants for Creative Solutions to Local Transportation | Brief articles describing the Winston-Salem Foundation's approach to participatory grantmaking with a transportation theme. | Transportation | Yes! Weekly | 2019 |
| Participatory Grantmaking in Palestine: Taking the Time to Make it Just | Describes the participatory approach of RAWA's Creative Palestinian Communities Fund. | Community | Colleen Jankovic & Moukhtar Kokache | 2019 |
| Rawa: Creative Palestinian Communities Fund | Short video describing RAWA's approach to particiaptory grantmaking. | Community | RAWA | 2019 |
| Beneficiaries in Charge | This article describes Rosa's experience implementing particiaptory grantmaking as a women's fund, drawing on the experience of other women's funds. | Cullagh Warnock & Samantha Rennie | 2019 | |
| Systemic Change through Participatory Grantmaking, Hannah Paterson, Winston Churchill Fellowship | This article describes the approach of the Other Foundation in South Africa for achieving systemic change through particiaptory grantmaking. | Systemic Change | Hannah Paterson | 2019 |
| Participatory grantmaking helps to shift power relations in Mexico | This article describes how participatory grantmaking can be used as a tool to shift power by examining the approach of Fondo Semillas, a women's fund in Mexico. | power, women's rights, decision-making, peer review, funding, rapid prototyping | Jenny Barry | 2018 |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: Brooklyn Community Foundation | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | Youth, Neighbourhood, PGM Model, goodresourcetoknowhow | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | 2018 |
| Mechanics of Partcipatory Grantmaking: Edge | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | gender justice, climate justice, racial justice, membership based organization, sex worker, Trust Based Philanthropy, movement | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: FundAction | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 | |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: Global Greengrants | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | Climate/ Environment; | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: Haymarket | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 | |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: Kindle | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 | |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: New York Women's Foundation | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | women & girls | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: Liberty Hill | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 | |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: Red Umbrella | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | Sex Workers | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: RSF Social Finance | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 | |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: UHAI | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | LGBTQIA+ | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: Catherine Donnelly Foundation | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 | |
| In Women's Circle, Collaboration Reigns Supreme | This article shares reflections from a participatory grantmaking program focused on women entrepreneurs | Women, Community Voice | Afsana Hye | 2018 |
| Mechanics of Participatory Grantmaking: Durfee | This is part of a series of brief stories that feature the work of participatory grantmakers from Grantcraft. | GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 | |
| The Wiki Way | This detailed report describes Wikipedia's particiaptory grantmaking practice. | Digital Rights | Matty Hart | 2018 |
| Gifting Power, RSF Social Finance | This short video is an overview of RSF's shared gifting approach. | 2018 | ||
| Maine Initatives | This short video describes how participatory grantmaking is linked with justice in the context of the participatory grantmaking work of Maine Initiatives. | Community | Maine Initiatives | 2017 |
| Shifting Power to Nonprofits | This article shares some of the outcomes from participatory grantmaking via Shared Gifting | Kelley Buhles | 2017 | |
| Dealing with power relations in participatory grantmaking | This brief article explores the experience of FundAction with including funder representatives in its particiaptory grantmaking processes. | Power | Menno Weijs | 2017 |
| Generosity thats Bigger'n Dallas | An interview with funder, participant and facilitator of a participatory grantmaking program | Dallas | RSF Quarterly | 2016 |
| Participatory Grantmaking: A Success Story from Southern Africa | "This report describes the participatory approach of the Other Foundation, which is dedicated to advancing human rights in southern Africa, with a particular focus on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people." | LGBTQIA+ | Atlantic Philanthropies | 2014 |
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| **Participatory Grantmaking (PGM): UK Landscape Survey (Document)** | This document offers the research about PGM across the UK | The Advocacy Team | 2023 | |
| **Participatory Grantmaking (PGM): UK Landscape Survey (Video)** | This video contains research about PGM across the UK | The Advocacy Team | 2023 | |
| Participatory Grantmkaing Aims to Dismantle Power Imbalances Between Funders and Communities | Highlights from Jasmine Johnson's qualitative study of 10 participatory grantmakers | Gillian Gaynair | 2021 | |
| Change not Charity | This detailed report describes the history of the Funding Exchange, which played a leading role as a participatory funder until it closed in 2012. | Movements | Theodora Lurie | 2018 |
| Monitoring and Evaluation for Participatory Grantmaking | This report was produced by the Baring Foundation as they explored participatory models. The discussion paper is based on interviews with dozens of practitioners and includes definitions and key themes related to participatory grantmaking. | Evaluation | 2016 | |
| Philanthropy and the New Economy: Models for Collaboration and Democratic Innovation | This report from 2014 looks at alternative models of philanthropy that would be helpful with movement building | Christi Electris Allen White | 2014 | |
| Power Sharing in Philanthropy | This report from 2013 highlights some of the early participatory grantmaking programs globally and how they are governed | Governance, Global | Sophie Pritchard | 2013 |
| Shared Gifting: Transforming the Dynamics of Philanthropy | This report provides a case study of Shared Gifting, a closed collective model of participatory grantmaking, as well as an exploration into some of the challenges with modern philanthropy. | Case Study, Closed Collective, Shared Gifting | Kelley Buhles | 2012 |
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| Title | About | Tags | Author | Year |
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| Participatory Grantmaking: I'm in now what? | How to for getting started with participatory grantmaking | Katy Love & Diana Samarasan | 2022 | |
| New Grant Givers Movement report | 2022 | |||
| Participatory Grantmaking in the Jewish World | This guide explores participatory grantmaking in Jewish philanthropy | N/A | 2022 | |
| Fund 101: Intro to Participatory Grantmaking | This Q&A with John Kabia shares benefits and challenges of participatory grantmaking | John Kabia | 2021 | |
| Paying Decision-Makers | Cameron Bray, Learning & Participation Manager at Barking & Dagenham Giving and Anne Shewring, Programme Director at Cripplegate Foundation and Islington Giving , reflect on their experiences with compensating people for their time spent on participatory processes. | 2021 | ||
| Grassroots Grantmakers: Embedding Participatory Approaches in Funding | This report was produced by Hannah Paterson to summarize her exploration of participatory grantmaking during her Winston Churchill Fellowship. It explores different participatory models, provides practical tips, and unearths important themes in this area. | Hannah Paterson | 2021 | |
| The Rise of Participatory Grantmaking | This article provides a brief guide to starting a participatory process | Laura Steele | 2021 | |
| How Grantmakers Can Get Involved With Participatory Grantmaking — Today | This is the second article on participatory grantmaking in a three part series from the Beeck Center, which is exploring ways that funders can shift power to communities. | Decision-making | Ben Wrobel & Meg Massey | 2020 |
| How to do Participatory Grantmaking Online during COVID-19 | This brief article provides practical tips for funders who want to launch, expand, or continue their participatory practice in the context of a global pandemic where in-person meetings are impractical. | Covid-19 | Winifred Olliff & Katy Love | 2020 |
| Getting Your Board on Board with Participatory Grantmaking | This article offers tips for addressing common concerns that board members at traditional funders may have about participatory grantmaking. | board | Hannah Paterson | 2020 |
| Staff, Skills and Operationalisation — Putting Participatory Grant Making (PGM) into Practice | Article about the resources (budget and staff skills) needed to implement participatory grantmaking. | Operations | Hannah Paterson | 2020 |
| How should we decide? | This brief article outlines a spectrum of group decisionmaking techniques that are applicable in the context of participatory grantmaking. | Winifred Olliff | 2020 | |
| Exploring Participatory Grantmaking with Grants Managers | This interview-style article features tips from Janice Tud and Arlene Wilson-Grant for administering grants in a participatory grantmaking context. | Operations | Tierney Smith & Katy Love | 2020 |
| Shared Gifting Toolkit: To Empower you to Democratize Your Giving | This brief report includes practical tips on implementing a shared gifting practice. | Closed Collective, Shared Gifting, Getting Started | Kelley Buhles, Afsana Hye, Raquel Iglesias, & Ellie Lanphier | 2019 |
| Participatory Grantmaking: A Test of Rubric Scoring Versus Popular Voting Selection in a Blinded Grantmaking Process | This article addresses the design of this approach to grantmaking and, specifically, whether changing the decision-making process in addition to changing the decision makers has an effect on how grants are allocated. It examines the design of two grant review processes — one based on popular voting, the other a more traditional rubric approach — and compares their outcomes to learn whether a more open and discursive process based on popular voting for grantee selection helps to overcome bias against small organizations. | Wojcik, Oktawia et al | 2019 | |
| Evaluating Participatory Grantmaking | This brief article provides recommendations for evaluating particiaptory grantmaking work. | Evaluation | Hannah Paterson | 2019 |
| Moving beyond Feedback: the Promise of Participatory Grantmaking | This detailed article including some useful graphics that focuses on participatory grantmaking as a way to move power in philanthropy. | Power | Cynthia Gibson | 2019 |
| Shared Gifting Toolkit | This toolkit provides an overview of how to set up and run your own Shared Gifting circle, a closed collective model of participatory grantmking | Kelley Buhles, Afsana Hye, Raquel Iglesias, & Ellie Lanphier | 2019 | |
| Deciding Together: Shifting Power and Resources Through Participatory Grantmaking, GrantCraft | This report shares lessons learned from participatory funders around the world. | Cynthia Gibson & Jen Bokoff, GrantCraft by Candid | 2018 | |
| Why Every Funder Should Consider Participatory Grantmaking | This article provides an overview of the strengths and challenges of participatory grantmaking, reflections from a gathering of practioners in 2016 | Katy Love & Kelley Buhles | 2017 | |
| Participatory Grantmaking: Has Its Time Come?, Ford Foundation | Detailed paper arguing for the importance of adopting participatory models in philanthropy. | Cynthia Gibson | 2017 | |
| Participatory Philanthropy (NZ Report) | This report describes the results of a 2015 Winston Churchill Fellowship on participatory grantmaking. | Lani Evans | 2015 | |
| Who Decides? How Participatory Grantmaking Benefits Donors, Communities and Movements | Research that delves into the practices of eight participatory funders. | Matty Hart | 2014 |